(1) A person placing an order for construction works prescribed by Presidential Decree shall take measures according to the following classifications at the planning, design, and construction stages of the construction works to prevent industrial accidents:
1. The planning stage of construction works: Preparing a basic safety and health ledger including hazardous or risk factors to be managed intensively during the construction works and measures for mitigating such factors;
2. The design stage of construction works: Providing a designer with the basic safety and health ledger referred to in subparagraph 1, and requiring the designer to prepare a design safety and health ledger including measures for mitigating hazardous or risk factors for verification;
3. The construction stage of construction works: Providing a contractor who is awarded a contract for construction works for the first time from a person placing an order for construction works with the design safety and health ledger referred to in subparagraph 2; requiring the contractor to prepare a construction safety and health ledger for safe work performance by reflecting the design safety and health ledger; and verifying whether the contractor has performed according to such construction safety and health ledger.
(2) A person placing an order for construction works under paragraph (1) shall obtain verification of the appropriateness, etc. of descriptions in the ledgers under the subparagraphs of that paragraph from specialists in health and safety as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on May 18, 2021>
(3) A person placing an order for construction works under paragraph (1) shall appropriate and set reasonable expenses and periods, so that the designer and the first contractor awarded the construction work can prioritize safety in the construction site in the course of performing the design and construction works. <Added on May 18, 2021>
(4) Specific details of descriptions to be entered in each ledger as referred to in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. <Amended on May 18, 2021>